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HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Three months after declaring himself out of title contention, Tony Stewart is the 2011 Sprint Cup champion.

Trailing Carl Edwards by three points going into Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Stewart is believed to be the first driver in NASCAR’s six-decade history to claim the championship in come-from-behind [...]

For the past week, Michael Waltrip’s facebook page has been blown up with “fans” excoriating him for his decision to change drivers from David Reutimann to Mark Martin for 2012. They have blasted him for everything from simply making the change, to the way he made the change and everything in between. So how much does loyalty matter in sports and NASCAR in particular?

NASCAR is a sport where a team not only [...]

Sunday was my seventh annual “Why The F*@k Do My Editors Keep Sending Me To NASCAR?” experience.

I get paid to go to these races. So at least I have an excuse. These other 100,000 idiots, I have no clue what they’re thinking (Actually, I do. ‘I’m gonna drink all day and even out my farmer’s tan’)…

On Wednesday, it will be coming up on 18 years since popular racing hero Davey Allison died in a helicopter crash. I remember that day, still, vividly and following the story for the next few days. You didn’t have to be a NASCAR fan or stock car fan to know who he was. It was like Tiger Woods. You don’t have to follow golf to know who who he is either…

So, after channel-surfing late trying to decide which of a plethora of…AHEM…great sporting events to watch Saturday night, I settle upon the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona; but with only about 30 laps to go. The first thing I see is a pit crew dood greasing a rear end. EGADS!…

Well it has been a day since the race and I’m relaxing in my hotel room right now so I figured I’d post on my experience at the track from yesterday. It was first NASCAR race in person since I went to the Nationwide Series race at Daytona in July of 2007. Also my first race at a track other than Daytona. We left our hotel at almost noon and got to the track in about 25-30 minutes. On the way over there was a BIG traffic stoppage for a serious wreck…

We are 7 races into the 2010 Nascar season, and some big names are outside the Top 12 in points, and some unlikely drivers are either in the Top 12 or are hanging around real close. Is this what Nascar intended? More to the point is this good for the sport?

The season started off with 20-year old-Trevor Bayne shocking everyone by taking the Wood Brothers back to victory lane in the seasons biggest race, The Daytona 500. This Daytona race saw the two car tango as opposed to big packs of cars…

So…Jennifer Jo Cobb refused to start-and-park her car, refusing orders by her car owner, at the Nationwide race in Bristol on Saturday. So, she didn’t race.

Whut up wid dat?

My first question was…Who is Jennifer Jo?…

NASCAR will be racing at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. Official forecasts suggests that neither the Nationwide or Sprint Cup races will likely sell out. I’m here to tell you why.

First off…It’s Bristol! Who the Hell wants to go to Bristol, Tennessee? Who the Hell wants to go ANYWHERE in Tennessee? Now that I mention it…Where the Hell IS Bristol…

WOW! Was that an incredible Daytona 500 or what?!

Now, before I get into my rant, allow me to pat myself on the back for being the only person on the planet who predicted that Trevor Bayne would win the race. Yeah…so I was talking about the race with his little brother to his mama’s fridge for the last bottle of RC Cola, but at least I had his name out there. YOU didn’t, now did you?…